About the Authors

Charles F. Caskey

cfcaskey@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Mario Hlawitschka

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Shengping Qin

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Lisa M. Mahakian

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Robert D. Cardiff

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

John M. Boone

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Katherine W. Ferrara

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KWF CFC. Performed the experiments: CFC LMM. Analyzed the data: CFC KWF LMM RDC JMB SQ MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KWF JMB RDC. Wrote the paper: CFC KWF MH. During experiments and data analysis, provided input on data analysis and experimental procedures: CFC MH SQ LMM RDC JMB KWF.